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police are calling sean hoare's death unexplained, but not suspicious. now the murdochs have been coached by the best pr company in the land. not just on what to say, but how to say it. this is all about damage limitation, taking care of business here, and making sure it doesn't spread to the murdoch empire in the u.s. betty? >> all right, so, charlie, that being the case, is there any way the murdochs can come away from this hearing with anything resembling somewhat of a victory? >> most commentators here will tell you no. because the fact is, they're going to look at the hacking that was taking place, and either they knew about it and they've been involved in some sort of cover-up, or they didn't know about these alleged illegal activities, and they'll just be seen as incompetent. betty? >> all right, charlie d'agata in london for us. thank you, charlie. >>> u.s. officials have confirmed they met with representatives of moammar gadhafi's regime last weekend. three senior u.s. diplomats met with gadhafi advisers on saturday in an unnamed country. u.s. o
police are calling sean hoare's death unexplained, but not suspicious. now the murdochs have been coached by the best pr company in the land. not just on what to say, but how to say it. this is all about damage limitation, taking care of business here, and making sure it doesn't spread to the murdoch empire in the u.s. betty? >> all right, so, charlie, that being the case, is there any way the murdochs can come away from this hearing with anything resembling somewhat of a victory?...
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about the british public paranoia that sean hoare is trending alongside david kelly that shows a deep distrust of all forests in this country and another one anyone else see the similarities in situation between sean hoare and david kelly or is it just me were they pushed or did they jump and in another extraordinary coincidence it turns out that both bodies were found on the eighteenth of july short hauls of course just yesterday and dr david kelly in two thousand and three so eighteenth of july a bad day for whistleblowers ok laura thanks very much for use of those well you know the. talk to the telegraph. drew gilligan thanks for being with us mr gilligan could hear me. you are trying to do your good stuff good to see you i mean one of your articles recently you say for many in power the news the world crimes are a god given opening to diminish one of the greatest jokes on the media exposure. when we saw a former labor leader this morning on the radio here in britain saying that actually he thought newspapers should be regulated by law to be politically violence and impartial as br
about the british public paranoia that sean hoare is trending alongside david kelly that shows a deep distrust of all forests in this country and another one anyone else see the similarities in situation between sean hoare and david kelly or is it just me were they pushed or did they jump and in another extraordinary coincidence it turns out that both bodies were found on the eighteenth of july short hauls of course just yesterday and dr david kelly in two thousand and three so eighteenth of...
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as we call the book going going insane about it really comparing the death of sean hoare to the death of david kelly in two thousand and three but he of course was the u.n. weapons inspector who first. doubts on the government's claims that iraq could deploy weapons of mass destruction within forty five minutes so those two deaths are being compared likely on twitter and i'll just read a few of the tweets that we've seen comparing these two deaths one says i can't help feeling there must be foul play involved in the sean hoare death much as i suspected with dr david kelly an uneasy feeling another one says it says everything about the british public paranoia that sean hoare is trending alongside david kelly that shows a deep distrust of all thoreson in this country and another one anyone else see the similarities in situation between sean hoare and david kelly or is it just me were they pushed or did they jump and in another extraordinary coincidence it turns out that both bodies were found on the eighteenth of july short hordes of course just yesterday and dr david kelly in two thous
as we call the book going going insane about it really comparing the death of sean hoare to the death of david kelly in two thousand and three but he of course was the u.n. weapons inspector who first. doubts on the government's claims that iraq could deploy weapons of mass destruction within forty five minutes so those two deaths are being compared likely on twitter and i'll just read a few of the tweets that we've seen comparing these two deaths one says i can't help feeling there must be...
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it was sean hoare. he was a good guy. stood up for good values in journalism and so disappointed that andy coulson, who regularly asked him to hack into people's phones, you know, the master of the dark arts turned round when we started getting caught. it wasn't us, so it wasn't me, it was the reporters, and the reporters now are getting, you know, arrested or brought into scotland yard. time and time again, rebekah brooks said we knew nothing about it it wasn't us. and andy coulson said it wasn't us, and that made sean hoare angry it made me angry. you generally shouldn't throw your sheep to the wolves. >> was he worried about something, did he have issues because of the scandal? >> he -- well, i mean, i felt quite stressed for the last two or three weeks particularly, i think my blood pressure is a bit raised. and if you've got an existing i believe heart condition, he looked a bit of a mess recently. and the stress of this wouldn't have helped. i don't think he was bumped off. i don't think he committed suicide, there
it was sean hoare. he was a good guy. stood up for good values in journalism and so disappointed that andy coulson, who regularly asked him to hack into people's phones, you know, the master of the dark arts turned round when we started getting caught. it wasn't us, so it wasn't me, it was the reporters, and the reporters now are getting, you know, arrested or brought into scotland yard. time and time again, rebekah brooks said we knew nothing about it it wasn't us. and andy coulson said it...
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david or sean hoare was murdered because. i simply don't think it would have been in anyone's interest to murder them once they got into the public spotlight anyone with an iota of sense in government would have known that to kill them we just would just amplify the story i think it's simply i think both were under enormous pressure from their roles as whistle blowers and and found it difficult to cope with that pressure sean hoare was evidence could have been crucial to proving that the news of the world editors supported a culture of listening to private voice mails for stories who was former editor andy colson who later became a media director to the current prime minister has always denied the allegations the man was destroyed professionally by news international. journalistic world in london is a very small amount as this story is well known but he was drinking tonight was taking drugs he was depressed the moralized police are saying hall's death doesn't appear suspicious and they're looking at suicide dr kelly's death w
david or sean hoare was murdered because. i simply don't think it would have been in anyone's interest to murder them once they got into the public spotlight anyone with an iota of sense in government would have known that to kill them we just would just amplify the story i think it's simply i think both were under enormous pressure from their roles as whistle blowers and and found it difficult to cope with that pressure sean hoare was evidence could have been crucial to proving that the news...
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another political scandal erupts another whistle blower diaries sean hoare was the first former news of the world journalists to go on the record to allege that phone hacking was endemic at the paper and that its editor andy colson actively encouraged it who was found dead in his house on monday setting into a frenzy of comparisons with the case of dr david kelly why isn't this story bigger reminds me of how dr david kelly was bumped off eerily similar tragedies of david kelly. and david kelly sean who are this what i'm thinking something's not trying to kelly was the u.n. weapons inspector who first cost out on the government's claim that iraq could deploy weapons of mass destruction within forty five minutes it led to scrutiny of tony blair's decision to invade iraq by extraordinary coincidence kelly's body was discovered exactly eight years before that of sean hordes on the eighteenth of july two thousand and three it was british journalist andrew gilligan who david kelly had spoken to to publicize his belief that the forty five minute claim had been exaggerated. gilligan believes
another political scandal erupts another whistle blower diaries sean hoare was the first former news of the world journalists to go on the record to allege that phone hacking was endemic at the paper and that its editor andy colson actively encouraged it who was found dead in his house on monday setting into a frenzy of comparisons with the case of dr david kelly why isn't this story bigger reminds me of how dr david kelly was bumped off eerily similar tragedies of david kelly. and david kelly...
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questions are asked over the death of journalist sean hoare is credited with the reeling of. the stories that made headlines this week you're watching the weekly here on artsy welcome to it the man charged with friday's shooting spree at a norwegian at a youth camp and bombing in the capital has admitted responsibility thirty two year old anders a battering a graphic says that he carried out the twin attack which claimed over ninety lives and it's so single handedly the incident has been called the country's worst atrocities since world war two the suspect was arrested at the scene of the massacre on the island. he reportedly traveled there in police uniform and asked people to gather around him before gunning them down but rampage came. just hours after the oslo bombing that killed at least seven the suspect reportedly has contacts with the far right wing groups and have previously posted extreme and islam statements on his blog daniel bushell is following developments for us in oslo and will join us live later this. week. or someone who knows anders breivik a person he told
questions are asked over the death of journalist sean hoare is credited with the reeling of. the stories that made headlines this week you're watching the weekly here on artsy welcome to it the man charged with friday's shooting spree at a norwegian at a youth camp and bombing in the capital has admitted responsibility thirty two year old anders a battering a graphic says that he carried out the twin attack which claimed over ninety lives and it's so single handedly the incident has been called...
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eerily similar tragedies of sean hoare and david kelly wallace madness to what end david kelly shawn who are that's what i'm thinking something's not trying to talk to kelly was the u.n. weapons inspector who first cast doubt on the government's claim that iraq could deploy weapons of mass destruction within forty five minutes it led to scrutiny of tony blair's decision to invade iraq by extraordinary coincidence kelly's body was discovered exactly eight years before that of sean hordes on the eighteenth of july two thousand and three it was british journalist andrew gilligan who david kelly had spoken to to publicize his belief that the forty five minute claim had been exaggerated gilligan believes there are similarities between kelly and short haul being at the center of one of these storms a terrifying experience i really don't believe either david or sean hoare was murdered because. i simply don't think it would have been in anyone's interest to murder them once they got into the public spotlight anyone with an iota of sense in government would have known that to kill them would
eerily similar tragedies of sean hoare and david kelly wallace madness to what end david kelly shawn who are that's what i'm thinking something's not trying to talk to kelly was the u.n. weapons inspector who first cast doubt on the government's claim that iraq could deploy weapons of mass destruction within forty five minutes it led to scrutiny of tony blair's decision to invade iraq by extraordinary coincidence kelly's body was discovered exactly eight years before that of sean hordes on the...
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. >> on the british hacking scandal, just a short time ago, police say sean hoare that's the reporter who first alleged widespread hacking at the now ended news of nation-- he's been found dead in his home. (laughter). >> jon: do you think he died of natural causes or was it murdoch? (ominous music). (applause) well, i'm sure scotland yard's on this case like cream on a... >> right now police say the death is not considered suspicious. (laughter) >> jon: well, i guess the guys who were bribed don't think there's anything suspicious in the death of the guy who blew the whistle on the company providing the bribes, i'm satisfied. (laughter) of course, the whole business was prelude to today's main event. rupert murdoch and his son james appearing before parliament's committee on culture, media, sport, and vowel-shaped furniture. (laughter) confess before the u-shaped desk of contrition! don't make us bring in the e! (laughter) the whole day of testimony was amazing but perhaps no moment more remarkable than murdoch interrupting his son's opening statement. >> of the "news of the world" n
. >> on the british hacking scandal, just a short time ago, police say sean hoare that's the reporter who first alleged widespread hacking at the now ended news of nation-- he's been found dead in his home. (laughter). >> jon: do you think he died of natural causes or was it murdoch? (ominous music). (applause) well, i'm sure scotland yard's on this case like cream on a... >> right now police say the death is not considered suspicious. (laughter) >> jon: well, i guess...
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hoare was evidence could have been crucial to proving that the news of the world editors supported a culture of listening to private voice mails for stories cause former editor andy colson who later became a media director to the current prime minister has always denied the allegations but the man was destroyed professionally by views international. journalistic world in london is a very small amount was destroyed he was well known but he was drinking two months taking drugs he was depressed the moralized police are saying hall's death doesn't appear suspicious and they're looking at suicide dr kelly's death was also recorded as suicide although many including leading doctors and m.p.'s have never accepted that their suspicions of hardly been quelled by the fact the post-mortem report and other evidence has been classified for seventy years so ten arrests six resignations two convictions and one death that the toll of the phone hacking scandal so far the death of a key whistleblower in this scandal has raised questions. so you thought only amongst the twits are all see it's being rep
hoare was evidence could have been crucial to proving that the news of the world editors supported a culture of listening to private voice mails for stories cause former editor andy colson who later became a media director to the current prime minister has always denied the allegations but the man was destroyed professionally by views international. journalistic world in london is a very small amount was destroyed he was well known but he was drinking two months taking drugs he was depressed...
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hoare which his body was found yesterday he was the first news of the world journalists to allege that his editor and he calls and later the director of communications for the government knew that phone hacking was taking place all along he was found dead yesterday the eighteenth of july two thousand two thousand and eleven on the eighteenth of july two thousand and three the very same date david kelly was found dead also presumed to be suicide he was of course the u.n. weapons inspector who first cast doubt on the government's claim that iraq could deploy weapons of mass destruction within forty five minutes and moreover said that the government knew that iraq couldn't deploy those weapons of mass destruction to people all over twitter during attention to the old resonance between those deaths the fact that their bodies were discovered in the very same date and saying that the eighteenth of july looks like a bad day for whistleblowers three top police officers two of whom who have resigned this week commissioners to pull stephen. certain his assistant commissioner mr gates has also ap
hoare which his body was found yesterday he was the first news of the world journalists to allege that his editor and he calls and later the director of communications for the government knew that phone hacking was taking place all along he was found dead yesterday the eighteenth of july two thousand two thousand and eleven on the eighteenth of july two thousand and three the very same date david kelly was found dead also presumed to be suicide he was of course the u.n. weapons inspector who...
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remind us who sean hoare was? >> he was colorful character. showbiz reporter on "news of the world". successful with his job until he was dismissed with drink and drug problems. people speak of him as a very talented, showbiz reporter who clear le had a multitude of sources and was very good at his job. as you mentioned in the introduction the police are not confirming his identity but widely reported it is sean hoare who was found in waford, northwest of london. death is unexplained but not necessarily suspicious. but what we do know about him, of course, he had the guts i suppose to come out some weeks ago now and talk openly about the endemic culture of phone-hacking at "news of the world". >> it was endemic. it happened. >> when you say it was endim mick endemic, phone-hacking and use of illegal practices to secure stories, that was endemic. is that what you're saying? >> yes. yeah. people were scared. so if you've got to get a story you can't get it, you have to get that, by whatever means. >> now, one of his other colleagues was matt dri
remind us who sean hoare was? >> he was colorful character. showbiz reporter on "news of the world". successful with his job until he was dismissed with drink and drug problems. people speak of him as a very talented, showbiz reporter who clear le had a multitude of sources and was very good at his job. as you mentioned in the introduction the police are not confirming his identity but widely reported it is sean hoare who was found in waford, northwest of london. death is...
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hoare whose brother who was revealing a phone hacking scandal. plus the u.s. led coalition in afghanistan begins handing control over to local security forces but their reputation sparks concerns about the future of the country the afghan army is known for recruiting drug addicts and people with damage. and time now for sports have days romans here with us this morning with the latest of course where the russian ladies have made a clean sweep of gold medals in the synchronized swimming at world championships that's right so they won seven out of possible seven in shanghai and so far remain the only gold medal haulers for russia and china more in that the moment stick around. this is sport and artsy come in see a live from moscow with me remind calls for our top stories three for third. piru when a bronze medal at the cup on their. scores a hat trick in a four one drubbing of venezuela. lord of the ring red bulls a mark webber claimed his third pole position of the season ahead of liz hamilton and sebastian petzold for sunday's german grand prix.
hoare whose brother who was revealing a phone hacking scandal. plus the u.s. led coalition in afghanistan begins handing control over to local security forces but their reputation sparks concerns about the future of the country the afghan army is known for recruiting drug addicts and people with damage. and time now for sports have days romans here with us this morning with the latest of course where the russian ladies have made a clean sweep of gold medals in the synchronized swimming at world...
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police are calling sean hoare's death unexplained but not suspicious. charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >>> let's go back to parliament and take live look as the proceedings are going on. we understand that rupert murdoch is there and taking questions. now, the murdoch empire itself did fall victim to hackers just yesterday. someone seized control of their website of news corp's "the sun." this is a sister newspaper to the defunct "news of the world." the sun site briefly displayed a phony story that murdoch died and then redirected users to a hacker group's website. >>> let's check your traffic and weather. kristy, not so bad yesterday. this is definitely improving. >> things are going up and we'll get even prettier and warmer to make our way into the middle of the week. this morning partly cloudy conditions inland, a little coastal fog out there and low clouds elsewhere but by this afternoon pretty nice temperatures and it's mild this morning, still seeing some 60s, 60 in redwood city, 62 for san jose, also 62 in concord. this afternoon high 80s. so
police are calling sean hoare's death unexplained but not suspicious. charlie d'agata, cbs news, london. >>> let's go back to parliament and take live look as the proceedings are going on. we understand that rupert murdoch is there and taking questions. now, the murdoch empire itself did fall victim to hackers just yesterday. someone seized control of their website of news corp's "the sun." this is a sister newspaper to the defunct "news of the world." the sun site...
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police officers are at the home of the former show business reporter sean hoare who was found dead tonight, just weeks after telling them he had been pressured to tap phones. his death is being described as unexplained but not suspicious. nick robinson for bbc news, westminster. >> for more on how this could impact the report marked empire, i am joined by a senior business writer for bloomberg news. -- this could impact the rupert murdoch empire, i am joined by a senior business writer for bloomberg news. what can they say that will reassure shareholders? >> i think shareholders will want to hear that the worst is past. there's a sense among shareholders -- viavoice given rupert murdoch -- they have always given rupert murdoch a bit of a break. there has always been a bit of a murdoch discount thinking he is going to do what he wants to do and do not always what is best for shareholders. they've given him a break because he has a good view long- term of where the company is going. now he and his management team look like a group that is not in front of the news. they continue to get hammer
police officers are at the home of the former show business reporter sean hoare who was found dead tonight, just weeks after telling them he had been pressured to tap phones. his death is being described as unexplained but not suspicious. nick robinson for bbc news, westminster. >> for more on how this could impact the report marked empire, i am joined by a senior business writer for bloomberg news. -- this could impact the rupert murdoch empire, i am joined by a senior business writer...
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hoare was a journalist start changing newspaper and claim that it has users happening and encourage reporters to do it he was found dead at his home in london police are treating it as unexplained not suspicious or directly in danger his former editor andy colson for knowing about any of hacking which he denies it on tuesday murdoch his son james and his former u.k. executive ok groups will face the wrath of the nation please be asked to explain a scandal that shaken the press with missions and the police to its core as the energy report sits another blow to britain's beleaguered police force in a string of high profile errors in recent years. ian tomlinson died in london's g twenty protest in two thousand and nine after being pushed to the ground by p.c. simon hoggart how would say he'd been. vented from giving first day by a baying bottle throwing more but he later admitted that had happened john charles de monette is short by police in a london underground station in two thousand and five officers allegedly leaked a report saying he'd fled from police c.c.t.v. images later showed
hoare was a journalist start changing newspaper and claim that it has users happening and encourage reporters to do it he was found dead at his home in london police are treating it as unexplained not suspicious or directly in danger his former editor andy colson for knowing about any of hacking which he denies it on tuesday murdoch his son james and his former u.k. executive ok groups will face the wrath of the nation please be asked to explain a scandal that shaken the press with missions and...
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police officers are at the home of the former "news of the world" showbiz reporter sean hoare. his death is being described as unexplained but not suspicious. nick be robinzon, bbc news, westminster. >> the sun newspaper owned by rupert murdoch's news international has suffered a huge attack by computer hackers. anyone trying to go to the website was turned to another website. posted reports on the company's websites fallsly claiming that rupert murdoch had been found dead. well, earlier we spoke to a professor from the democracy institute. this is likely to be an insightful one. >> i think the surprise that we can in a perverse sense look forward to is that the murdoches i think in a comparative sense be somewhat forth right, somewhat comparatively insightful than we would have expected because their attempts to say as little as possible in recent days and weeks have failed and failed miserablely. they will belatedly see the sense in becoming more forthcoming. they will be more forth right compared to rebecca brooks if she does show up because of the huge legal cloud now direc
police officers are at the home of the former "news of the world" showbiz reporter sean hoare. his death is being described as unexplained but not suspicious. nick be robinzon, bbc news, westminster. >> the sun newspaper owned by rupert murdoch's news international has suffered a huge attack by computer hackers. anyone trying to go to the website was turned to another website. posted reports on the company's websites fallsly claiming that rupert murdoch had been found dead....
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hoare today was found dead apparently of suicide he apparently he's the guy who made the allegations about david cameron's press secretary being when he worked at news of the world one of the guys who was hacking phones and so now he's been vindicated he would have a book deal he would have a speaking tour ahead of him why would he commit suicide. you know i honestly wouldn't know and i wouldn't want to speculate on that i mean clearly you know suicide is a very tragic event and the man is reportedly had a drinking and drug drug problems. so it could just be a coincidence could be a coincidence and a terrible shame frankly because these you know he if he if he he did in fact as he said come forward because he wanted to clean up journalism well you know as a former journalist myself i can say we could use more brutal blowers like. there's there's i know sort of democratic underground one of the top threads that is speculating that tony blair suddenly kind of turned right politically about the time that murdoch was starting to act on phone calls and that a number of us politicians are
hoare today was found dead apparently of suicide he apparently he's the guy who made the allegations about david cameron's press secretary being when he worked at news of the world one of the guys who was hacking phones and so now he's been vindicated he would have a book deal he would have a speaking tour ahead of him why would he commit suicide. you know i honestly wouldn't know and i wouldn't want to speculate on that i mean clearly you know suicide is a very tragic event and the man is...
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and in a strange twist to this whole affair, one of the most public whistle-blowers, a man called sean hoare, who was a former entertainment reporter for the "news of the world" was found dead at his home this evening. so far, anyway, police are saying the death is unexplained but not suspicious. bob? >> schieffer: thank you very much, liz. liz palmer in london. in this country, president obama claimed some progress in negotiations to try to find a way to raise the debt limit and keep the government from defaulting on its financial obligations. the reason for the optimism was not all together clear but a cbs news poll out tonight reflects the political toll this crisis is taking. the public is split right down the middle over the president's handling of the situation, but congress fares worse. 58% disapprove of how democrats are handling it, 78% disapprove of what republicans are doing. we want to welcome tonight our new white house correspondent norah o'donnell to the broadcast. she has more on all of this and the poll. norah? >> reporter: good evening, bob. tonight we're learning new
and in a strange twist to this whole affair, one of the most public whistle-blowers, a man called sean hoare, who was a former entertainment reporter for the "news of the world" was found dead at his home this evening. so far, anyway, police are saying the death is unexplained but not suspicious. bob? >> schieffer: thank you very much, liz. liz palmer in london. in this country, president obama claimed some progress in negotiations to try to find a way to raise the debt limit...
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hoare was a journalist at the same newspaper and claimed editors knew what was happening and encourage reporters to do it he was found dead at his home in london police are treating it as unexplained suspicious directory named his former editor and a cool simple knowing about illegal cracking which many nights later on tuesday murdoch his son james and his former u.k. executive director brooks face the wrath of perdition piece will be asked to explain the scandal that shaken your press release and political establishment to its core fact police are enjoying the worst crisis in years they see office is resigning everything intertwined with implicating news corp stuff or emmett expects . ian tomlinson died in london's g. twenty pretty. yes in two thousand and nine after being pushed to the ground by p.c. simon harwood howard said he'd been prevented from giving first date by a baying bottle throwing more but he later admitted that happened john charles de minerva's shot by police in a london underground station in two thousand and five officers allegedly leaked a report saying he'd fled
hoare was a journalist at the same newspaper and claimed editors knew what was happening and encourage reporters to do it he was found dead at his home in london police are treating it as unexplained suspicious directory named his former editor and a cool simple knowing about illegal cracking which many nights later on tuesday murdoch his son james and his former u.k. executive director brooks face the wrath of perdition piece will be asked to explain the scandal that shaken your press release...
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hoare, a former "news of the world" reporter who'd been an early whistleblower in the scandal. hoare was found dead monday at his home north of london. more now on today's hearings and the murdoch media empire. we're joined, from london, by john burns of "the new york times," and from new york, by david folkenflik, who covers the media for npr. so, john burns, what struck you most about the murdoch's message today? >> well, it was a heavily lawyered performance but for all that i thought it was pretty skilled. the lawmakers who were a lot more brief, better briefed themselves than the parliamentary committees in london and britain usually are, they are not... they are a shadow of their counterparts on capitol hill but today i thought that the lawmakers did pretty well but they didn't lay too many gloves on the murdochs. i think that it was greatly to their advantage in a paradoxical way that mr. marbles, i think his name is, entered from stage right with his custard pie or his shaving foam pie, whatever it was because it presented rupert murdoch who is not altogether the easies
hoare, a former "news of the world" reporter who'd been an early whistleblower in the scandal. hoare was found dead monday at his home north of london. more now on today's hearings and the murdoch media empire. we're joined, from london, by john burns of "the new york times," and from new york, by david folkenflik, who covers the media for npr. so, john burns, what struck you most about the murdoch's message today? >> well, it was a heavily lawyered performance but for...